Deals
New year kicks off with healthy volume of European PE-backed IPOs
2015 activity has been strong so far following a lull in the second half of last year
TA to sell DNCA Finance to Natixis
Natixis will initially buy 71% stak for €549m
Cerberus acquires Miura's Gescobro
Cerberus purchases Spanish debt business in a secondary buyout
HTGF backs altusInsight
Big data software to be rolled out for public use
Lion reaps €600m in Picard recap
Lion Capital reportedly owns 99% stake in business
HTGF backs Immunservice’s series-C
GP previously injected seed capital in 2008
RCapital sells Rolling Luggage to Samsonite
RCapital exits business following successful turnaround
TCV leads $100m series-B for WorldRemit
London-based fintech company to expand into more territories
3i makes £10m on Eltel overallotment
Extra cash tops up initial £76m made in Stockholm IPO
AAC grants overallotment option in Lucas Bols IPO
AAC raised €17m through sale of extra 1 million shares
Octopus and Notion back Shopa with $11m
London-based e-commerce start-up to expand into China and India
Deal in Focus: Callista drills into Kress-elektrik
An in-depth look at Callista's acquisition of ailing Kress-elektrik
Alchemy-backed Revolution Bars to list in March
GP set to make partial exit in IPO
Deal in focus: Endomondo exit is largest ever for Seed Capital
Seed Capital's $87.5m trade sale of Endomondo is VC's biggest ever exit
Index et al. sell AlertMe for £65m
Company has raised £23m in VC funding to date
VC-backed Just-Eat buys Seaya's SinDelantal
Deal marks Seaya Ventures' first exit since it was founded in 2013
Mezzanine Management in first Lithuanian PE deal since euro adoption
Mezzanine Management invests €7m in commercial refrigeration business Freor
Newion et al. invest in Vector Fabrics
Capital injection marks the company's series-C round
Wellington leads $4.5m series-A for Onfido
Online background checking company to expand into seven new countries
CVC, Apollo to reap c£900m in sale of Brit to Fairfax
GPs benefit from 11.2% premium over share price
AWS Gründerfonds backs TourRadar
Travel comparison site also raised funds from business angels
HCPE invests $25m in WeTransfer
HCPE takes minority shareholding in the business
AWS Gründerfonds invests in Mobile Pocket
€5-9m raised to help fund European expansion and new retail partnerships
Ardian sells Charlois to ICG
Company president's stake increases by 16% through sale